Friday, 29 July 2011

Meerkat masterpiece

You may have seen the meerkat adverts on tv. In case you live in America or somewhere equally unfortunate (in not having the meerkat ads) you can catch them on youtube. Anyway, one of my favourites is the 'Steve Smith' ad. In particular, the receptionist who is asked where Steve Smith hangs out. This is a masterpiece of acting: observe his gestures and the way he says 'Steve Smith'. It's the ultimately restrained method acting approach: totally understated. The people who devised these ads are brilliant - they don't miss a trick, even linguistic ones.

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